Kerr Reverend John (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Covers well worn with chipping at foot and head of spine and a tear at the head of the spine at the back cover of just over an inch. Text on stamp quite faded. Paper stamp on spine but no other indication that it may have been a library book, may have been just a previous owner's. A couple of marks on the front cover. Front endpapers missing. Previous owner's embossed name stamp on half-title page. Binding showing at front and back but still strongly intact. Despite the covers being poor the Interior pages are very good. Black and white photos.

8vo. xv, [1], 440, [12] pp. Frontispiece, title-vignette, 91 numbered figures, portrait of the author, index; roughly opened with the margin of pp. 271-2 prominently torn (only in the margin), faint foxing. Original pictorial boards with modern rebacking in deep red calf, simple gilt-title, border in blind; corners showing, rubbed. Very good. The Rev. John Kerr FRSE LLD (1852-1920) was a Scottish minister, sportsman and sports author. He has been titled the Sporting Padre. His sporting repertoire included golf, curling, and skating. In 1892 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Decorative Boards and Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Deluxe Small Paper Edition. Illustrated. 440 pages. While not a golf book, many of the participants of this old sport were also golfers. Many of the early golf clubs in the US also had curling as a winter activity. Most notably Royal Montreal, The Country Club at Brookline, St. Andrew's Golf Club and Ardsley Country Club to name a few. The first edition was issued in three bindings. The first trade edition was in blue cloth, also two deluxe editions in one-quarter leather and decorative paper covered boards were printed, a small and a large paper edition. Red leather spine with gilt lettering replaced retaining original illustrated boards, hinges reglued. Clean and bright throughout. Most attractive binding now fit for years of service. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.